Thursday, July 29, 2010

Dear Peace Officer

I just ran across this editorial that ran on SierraTimes.com in the year 2000. The author is unknown. It is kind of long, so you might want to grab a cup of tea. It struck a cord with me.

Dear Peace Officer:

I don't want to kill you. I don't even want to wound you. I admire your courage and the commitment you've made to help others, often at the risk of your own life. I hope you won't come for me, because if you do, one of us will die. It may be you. I've done nothing wrong. I don't intend to. But the government that you serve has passed too many laws. I am sure to accidentally break one, some day. And that same government is systematically destroying the unalienable rights which our Constitution says may not be infringed -- very specifically, my right to keep and bear arms.

I am not some wacko lunatic, but I can no longer stand idly by, while decent people are systematically enslaved by an out-of-control government. I cannot allow a corrupt judiciary to use its power to destroy my rights and my country. That government and that judiciary has begun to use you to arrest and kill people just like me -- people who believe that the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights mean what they say.You don't know me, but you see me every day. I may be a businessman, a truck driver, an executive. I could be a housewife or a salesman. But I am armed, as Americans have been for over 250 years and I am determined to keep the freedoms that only an armed people may retain. With a rifle, I can hit a man-sized target at 800 yards. At shorter distances, in the blink of an eye, I can hit a head-sized target with a handgun. I don't wear a uniform. I don't drive a marked car. I don't wear camouflage. I could be your own secretary, or your barber. I might be the guy who delivers your bottled water, or the parcel delivery lady. You don't know who I am, or what arms I have and you never will. I am millions. I am America.

But I know you. I know your uniform, your car and your work schedule. I know where you work and where you live. And that is good for you, because not only am I no threat to you, so long as you do the job for which you are hired, I am also prepared to assist you when you are threatened. There aren't many of me left, you may think, but believe me, there are many, many more than you can imagine. When the chips are down, we are the ones who are truly on your side. On your side, that is, so long as you honor your Oath.We are on your side if you are one of the majority of peace officers who are not corrupt and who have not sold out to the socialist and communists who will do anything, say anything to destroy the America our fathers and grandfathers bequeathed us. No, I am no threat to you, but your bosses in government don't see it that way. They think that I, and my arms, are a threat to them, and they are planning to send you for me, just as they've sent armed, dangerous officers on select little missions for years, taking out targeted individuals. On their orders, you may succeed in murdering me for my beliefs or you may not.

Whether or not you succeed in murdering me, as federal agents murdered 81 men, women and children at Waco, Texas; there will be others who will rise up in my memory, as I now rise up in honor of the innocent lives taken by the jack-booted thugs and black-clad imitation ninjas who think it is fun to murder Americans--who have somehow become convinced that it is their job to murder Americans.

I am prepared to die, honoring my sacred Oath as an American, to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States of America. Are you prepared to die to violate the Oath you took? You see, our government is out of control. You know it. You've seen it. But you, like many others, have been too concerned with your job, your family and your pension, to say or do anything about it. Deep down, you know I am right. But you think you must follow orders.Or must you? Are you going to murder me for having the courage to stand up for the country and the principles in which you believe? Are you going to go along with unconscionably illegal, unconstitutional orders, just as the "good" German soldiers followed their orders? Are you going to be a peace officer or a jack-booted thug? There is little difference between a street outlaw who murders and robs and a uniformed thug who murders and robs under color of law. The result is the same. Property confiscated, lives ruined, families ripped apart, murder committed, and a free nation destroyed.

Look at history. Look around the world. As we move toward a lawless society, our country moves closer and closer to anarchy and then some form of fascism. Are you going to enforce unconstitutional laws? Are you going to be the private army of fascist dictators masquerading as democratic representatives? Or are you going to do your part to recapture America? Are you going to keep your eyes and ears open? Will you let me know when the jack-booted thugs in the SWAT teams have targeted me? Will you let your fellow officers know that they are being sold down the river by their corrupt masters? Don't come to kill me. Because I don't want to kill you. If you do come, you may succeed -- if you get lucky. But don't count on luck, because it will probably be hard -- damned hard. Like millions of other Americans, I am the son or daughter of a nation of riflemen -- citizen soldiers who have a rich heritage of beating the best the enemy can send against us. We are resourceful. We understand weapons and tactics. You are foolish if you intend to be our enemy. If you don't succeed in the the long run, and you won't, here's what you can expect: ambushes of SWAT teams; the wholesale slaughter of all the jack-booted thugs who have murdered innocent Americans on the orders of their socialist masters; targeted assassinations and kidnappings of anti-Constitution judges; assassinations of anti-American, anti-gun politicians.

By your willingness to be a good little Nazi you will have unleashed a civil war. It doesn't have to be that way. You can do something about it. It's easy. Read the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Although you took an Oath to defend them, you don't see much of them in your training, do you? Today, these documents are considered dangerous by the government, just as King George found them dangerous over 200 years ago. Why do you suppose your leaders lead you to oppose the very rights you swore to protect? Why do they want to disarmed public? You know the reason. It has nothing to do with controlling crime. It has everything to do with using you to disarm, fine and control your fellow American Citizens.

The federal government just passed a law (this week) that says the FBI can demand, from any employer, records of internet activity, including emails and browsing histories. They need no court order nor subpeona. All an agent needs before making the demand is a sense that something or someone may be a threat to national security.

Now, harken back up to April 2009 when Janet Napolitano (Secretary, Department of Homeland Security) concluded that our veterans, rightwingers and other patriotic American citizens pose the greatest potential threat to national security.

So, put the two together - what have you got? An excuse to hassle people who don't agree with the administration.

I don't want to shoot anybody. But...as John Wayne said in The Shootist (movie), "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on."

I pray you are right, I fear you are wrong. I do believe there are a number of local Peace Officers that are and will continue to be faithful to their oath. I highly recommend the Oath Keepers website. It is the real deal.

Of those who are assertive about protecting the second ammendment, there are basically two groups. My understanding is not perfect on this, but then the definitions are fluid - as these are not formal groups.

The two groups are:Prags - short for PragmatistsandThreepers - Loosely this the 3% of the community that has a VERY strong line in the sand regarding freedom and WILL use arms to defend it.

The Prags are, well, pragmatic. They work within the system to regain that which we have been losing for about 80 years. They believe that they can convince the populace and the politicians of the rightness of their case. The Threepers tend to believe "otherwise" they see the Prags as lazy, not commited to the cause or simply mistaken. Threepers see the government as absolutely the enemy and probably beyond redemption. The Prags see the Threepers as hot-heads, a threat or giving cover to those who would ban guns saying, "see there are violent, bad people with guns!"

The real questions are these: -What will happen when push comes to shove (if it does). Will the Prags join the Threepers at the barricades, or will they meekly hand over their weapons to their new masters. -Conversely will the Threepers hold their fire until there simply is no alternative.

It is a judgement call. Each of us much search our hearts, clear our thinking and most of importantly - seek God's council.

Rob; Thank you for a wonderfully concise definition of prags and threepers. I had no idea. And, your comment on the infowars post is right on as well. My husband has been saying for years that all of the things going on in our government are not conspiracies - they are happening right out in the open - and we are letting them! Unfortunately, most people are sleeping and sometimes it take an Alex Jones to wake them up. Thanks for your input.

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